The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets have recently received subpoenas as part of federal leak investigations.

Randy L. Shapiro has been Global Newsroom Counsel to Bloomberg News since August 2013. She is the senior newsroom lawyer to more than 2,500 journalists around the globe. Prior to joining Bloomberg, ...

Alix Freedman is the Global Head, Ethics and Standards for Reuters. Alix works closely with reporters and editors on major stories, final-reading many high signature pieces, and holding the company to ...

Jeffrey Goldberg is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and the moderator of Washington Week With The Atlantic. He joined The Atlantic in 2007 as a national correspondent and in 2016 was named the ...

Background: In October 2025, the private prison company CoreCivic announced that it was awarded a contract from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ...

Background: In June 2022, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to recruit and groom girls that the disgraced financier abused.

Background: On Jan. 14, 2026, the FBI executed a search warrant at the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson as part of an investigation into a government contractor charged with illegally ...

Members of the Steering Committee serve three-year terms, with a third of the members being elected each year. An Executive Committee acts as direct advisors to Reporters Committee senior staff.

This guide explains the legal risks associated with receiving or publishing material that was illegally obtained by a third party. This guide was compiled by the following attorneys, legal fellows, ...

Manny García, an award-winning investigative reporter, leads the Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media at Florida International University as the inaugural Knight Foundation executive director. He ...

Karen Kaiser is director and legal advisor at the Clooney Foundation for Justice, where she works on harnessing AI to expand access to justice for women and journalists at risk. Previously, Kaiser was ...